Moreover, a peculiarity of pediatric palliative care is that it necessarily includes the children's parents, whose grief and efforts should be cared for by the palliativists. These patients need special care, as advocated by the pioneer of palliative care, Florence Nightingale, whose tenets will ...
LPN Hospice Certification allows an LPN to provide end-of-life care to patients of all ages, although in 2011, the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses will offer a specialization in pediatrics. Explore this article 1Academic Program Eligibility for palliative and hospice...
Those in favor of euthanasia feel that it is only one option in a palliative care philosophy based on compassion and respect for a patient's autonomy. They do not feel that the possibility of abuse is a valid reason to remove this option. 3Hippocratic Oath At the core of the Hippocratic ...
New England is an area of the United States often associated with academic greatness. Top Ivy League colleges like Harvard and Yale immediately come to mind for many people when thinking of education in New England, but New England is home to a few prominent nursing schools as well. These na...